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Climate change and disaster impact reduction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Based on papers presented at the 'UK - South Asia Young Scientists and Practitioners Seminar on Climate Change and Disaster Impact Reduction' held at Kathmandu, Nepal on 5-6 June ...
Aryal, Komal, Gadema, Zaina
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Disaster risk reduction measures n Bangladesh [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Disasters damage the entire economy of the country when they predominantly take place in developing countries. While no country in the world is entirely safe, lack of capacity to limit the impact of hazards has made developing countries being the most ...
Parvez, A.   +4 more
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Disaster knowledge factors: benefits and challenges [PDF]

open access: yes
Disasters bring about the loss of lives, property, employment and damage to the physical infrastructure and the environment. The number of reported disasters has increased steadily over the past century and risen very sharply during the past decade ...
Pathirage, C. P.   +3 more
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Disaster Preparedness and Responsibility Perception In Disaster Situations in Rural Madagascar

open access: yesJournal of Rural and Community Development
This research highlights the needs of rural communities and enhances disaster communication effectiveness. Using qualitative secondary data from tropical storm Filipo’s impact on two communes in Madagascar in March 2024, we discovered the community was ...
Samantha Davis, Joel Raveloharimisy
doaj   +1 more source

Key Points for Preparing Territorial Spatial Planning for Marine Disaster Risk Prevention

open access: yesHaiyang Kaifa yu guanli
China is seriously affected by marine disasters.The preparation and implementation of territorial spatial planning for marine disaster risk prevention is an important means of source control and comprehensive management of marine disaster risk.On the ...
ZHOU Xin   +6 more
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Public Health Disasters: Be Prepared

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Public Health, 2017
An introduction is presented in which the author discusses the articles in a special public health preparedness supplement of the journal, and it mentions topics such as the funding of public health and emergency management preparedness programs, as well as investments in the U.S.
openaire   +3 more sources

Investigation of disaster management perceptions of school administrators: The case of Kahramanmaraş earthquake

open access: yesActa Psychologica
This study examined the problems school administrators face during disasters and the strategies they develop to address these problems within the framework of disaster management theories. A phenomenological design was adopted, and purposive sampling was
Engin İş, Halil Karadaş
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Gender mainstreaming in disaster reduction: Why and how? [PDF]

open access: yes
The significant losses in human life and livelihoods, the destruction of economic and social infrastructure and damage to the environment caused by disasters in the past decade has increased the necessity for proper disaster reduction and risk ...
Ginige, K. N.   +2 more
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